dependence upon primary commodity exports and a large diaspora substantially increase the risk of conflict. Inconsistent with the … grievance theory, greater ethnic and religious diversity reduce the risk of conflict. The results are robust to correction for …

groups (either peaceful compromise or costly conflict) and the outcome of these interactions. Group members may choose … choice of leader, and that this may result in increased conflict between groups. …

A new game theoretic analysis of finite horizon, complete information bargaining is advanced. The extensive form … details of the bargaining protocol. Conditions are identified under which the game is dominance solvable in the sense that … bargaining problems of the sort that have historically been deemed indeterminate, thereby ensuring that the dynamic problems …

a third benefit from commitment which arises from low host country bargaining power when negotiating incentive levels … with foreign investors. If bargaining power is low, incentives agreed under bargaining will be generous to the investor and … host country welfare will be lower than otherwise. It is shown that this consequence of low bargaining power may be avoided …

pricing and bargaining when price takers buy at posted prices but bargainers attempt to negotiate discounts.  The optimal … bargaining strategy involves the firms offering bargainers randomly-sized discounts.  Competing firms keep posted prices high to …' strategic decision about how much bargaining discretion sales staff should be allowed.  Both firms allowing full bargaining …

Why do people stall while bargaining? Why are people keen to conclude a deal quickly, only to subsequently allow delay … market and the lower the discount rate. Thus, we give some predictive power to the new corpus of work on bargaining with …

, we present an experimental test of the effect of common fate in bargaining settings. Virtually all subjects …-group conflict was. We also test, and find support for, theories of similarity-based decision-making. We develop and use a generally …